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Trudeau standing by government’s decision to exclude Edmonton from EI extension
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sticking to his government's decision to have the Edmonton region left out of improved Employment Insurance benefits announced in the federal budget.
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‘I won’t let up. We must get to ‘yes’ on a pipeline’: Tough words for Ottawa...
In a televised address to Albertans just one week before her NDP government delivers its budget, Rachel Notley mapped out a plan to deal with the economic crisis.
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Trudeau to meet with First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan
Justin Trudeau is scheduled to have a private discussion with tribal council leadership in Fort Qu'Appelle, about 75 kilometres northeast of Regina.
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Sask. First Nations leaders call meeting with Trudeau ‘historic’
Saskatchewan First Nations leaders are call a meeting with Justin Trudeau “historic” and a sign of change and hope.
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Feds won’t provide extended benefits to any more regions: finance minister
Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government isn't going to provided extended EI benefits to any more regions of the country.
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Slight drop in Saskatchewan EI recipients during May
Statistics Canada reports a slight drop in the number of people who received employment insurance benefits in May.
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Alberta’s EI increase mainly due to Fort McMurray wildfire: Edmonton’s chief...
Alberta has experienced its largest one month increase in the number of people receiving employment insurance benefits in seven years.
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Saskatchewan employment insurance beneficiaries up 37% in November 2016
The number of people in Saskatchewan who received regular employment insurance in November 2016 up 37.6 per cent from a year ago.
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Child care and parental leave: What could be in the 2017 federal budget
A primer on Liberal proposals, from child care to flexible work
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Number of Saskatchewan EI beneficiaries declines in June
There were less people receiving EI benefits in June when compared to the previous month.
View ArticleScheer pledges new tax credit, says it will make parental leave benefits...
The new plan comes after major changes to the parental leave program by the Liberals last year.
View ArticleIn an election focused on families, an ‘implicit tax’ on parents is under the...
The benefits clawback faced by parents who work part-time while on leave is 'very, very, very high,' said one economist.
View ArticleCoronavirus: Unions brace for layoffs at airlines, hotels and casinos
The hotel sector has already seen significant layoffs with airlines expected to announce job cuts soon.
View ArticleNOTEBOOK: The country’s EI hotspots — pre-COVID-19 crisis — were mostly in...
In one part of Newfoundland and Labrador, one in four persons in the work force were receiving employment insurance benefits in February, more than 10 times the national average.
View ArticleNew moms who lost jobs amid coronavirus told to work to qualify for parental EI
Canada's employment minister vowed again recently that a fix was coming to help those women qualify for employment insurance, but told MPs it's complicated.
View ArticleLiberals propose increasing new coronavirus benefits to match CERB
The value of weekly benefits for unemployed workers would rise to $500 a week under new legislation from the Liberals.
View ArticleFeds aiming to ease access for full parental leave, employment minister says
Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the issue is particularly acute for new mothers because of how the decades-old system has been designed.
View ArticleEI sickness benefits to be extended to 26 weeks as feds tease long-promised...
The maximum length of unpaid medical leave available to federally regulated private-sector workers is also being extended to 27 weeks from 17.
View ArticleNo EI benefits for man fired over COVID-19 vaccine, test refusal: Federal Court
A federal court judge says that a man in Ontario was not entitled to receive Employment Insurance benefits after losing his job for refusing COVID-19 vaccination and testing.
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